Classic and Vintage Bicycles: What's it Worth? Appraisals and Inquiries - Is this Bianchi worth looking at?
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m750rider
10-22-09, 10:28 AM
http://greenville.craigslist.org/bik/1431946067.html
double in front six in the back down tube shifter
I have the front wheel for it but it is a 22in and you cant get tires for it
so a 650 would work just fine on it
steel frame lugged nice stuff
Original Exage shifters, brakes, standard Bianchi stem and bars according to the seller. I have a spare 700 wheel, would that work on the front.
Is it worth $65
Thanks
old and new
10-22-09, 10:37 AM
Most definately !! An unconventional bike but one that's sought after. Presumably requires a smaller front wheel, the likes of which were sold some 20 years ago by more than just a few companies. Some posts of late focus on such. It's a better than average model Bianchi, it's Celeste and seems to just need the right wheel, no great feat. As we speak, a fellow N. Carolinian is apt to snatch that bike !
Hopefully you got it, that looks like a good deal! Its gone now, so someone snagged it.
The frame alone probably is worth close to double that (esp. in that color), not to mention the parts
m750rider
10-22-09, 09:24 PM
I did pick it up after work although I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. It looks like the wheel is 520 mm bead seat diameter - I assume that means it's a 24" and I can find a 520 tire for it. I see BTD has a Panaracer in that size. Would that make sense?
theangus
10-23-09, 01:05 AM
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/1432622955.html
This is (I think?) a buy far too expensive. However it's a Bianchi and I've been looking for one. My only problem is that it doesn't include turkey levers. Is the bike worth it and if so, how much would it cost to install the new levers?
Metzinger
10-23-09, 04:29 AM
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/1432622955.html
My only problem is that it doesn't include turkey levers. Is the bike worth it and if so, how much would it cost to install the new levers?
What a cute bike. I like how the top and down tubes go into the same lug. Talk him down a few dollars and it would be pretty good.
I got the bike tuned up at the end of the summer but now due to car problems need to sell.
I guess he doesn't see a bike as transportation.
Turkey levers, for what it's worth, usually cost a billion dollars.
Worth every penny.